April 2008 - Posts

Downey's Crowning Moment by Variety On the Town

It's not unusual for premieres to quickly turn into lovefests as co-stars and directors gush about each other ad nauseam on the red carpet. But instead of spreading the love, the "Iron Man" team has been directing it all towards...
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Stay off Canal Street...or get hit by a Carr by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik In the 1980's the Green Bay Packers would play several games a year a few hours south, in Milwaukee. We're not sure why this comes to mind, except that it's been a few days since we caught... Read More...
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Interesting Comparison by The Hot Blog

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BYOB - Hump Day by The Hot Blog

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Again With The Videogames Vs Theatrical BS??? by The Hot Blog

I don't want to belabor the idiocy of all this... but Financial Times, of all places, is selling this junk about the release of Grand Theft Auto IV damaging Iron Man 's opening. (Variety added this goof .) Last September, when Halo 3 was going...
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No Iron Man Is An Island... by The Hot Blog

But maybe it's The Island . Oy. Iron Man is better than the Mark Steven Johnson comic book movies… but I’m pretty sure that comes under the category of Damning With Faint Praise. And to answer a number of people who seem to have a problem with Jon...
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Outfitted as Iron Man, in non-ideological colors by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik There will be much written about "Iron Man" -- the box-office potential, Downey Jr.'s ironic take on the role, the fact that Jeff Bridges may be the first superhero villain to resemble Rob Reiner -- but what... Read More...
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BYOB - Return to L.A. by The Hot Blog

It's yet another travel day... to be followed by another on Wed, heading to the San Francisco International Film Fest... You're up.
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Hollywood, Ink. - May 28, 2008 by The Hot Blog

I've been wanting MCN to be doing an editorial cartoon for years. I am a huge fan of the form and as far as I know, no one has ever done a regular one for this industry. You might recall me posting some political cartoons from The NY Observer here...
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Lunch With... Tarsem Singh On The Fall by The Hot Blog

The interview... (Note: Apologies to Tarsem for the mistaken label on the front of the video... it is being fixed now.)
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Taking a Chance with Mamet by Variety On the Town

"Everyone in Hollywood passed on the project," Sony Pictures Classics co-chief Tom Bernard said Friday at the Tribeca Film Fest's premiere of David Mamet's latest pic "Redbelt." "We said, we will take a chance because...
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Ellen's Missed Photo Op by Variety On the Town

Ellen DeGeneres presented Janet Jackson with the Vanguard Award during Saturday's GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak in L.A. Before handing over the kudo to Jackson, DeGeneres joked; “I looked up the Vanguard Award and the people who have won...
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The Culture Of The Apolo-Lie by The Hot Blog

I just saw all this crap about Miley Cyrus and her exposed back and lipstick. OMFG! People do know that 15-year-old breasts, while they really have no business being shown in public, do exist, whether covered in a sheet or a t-shirt, right? Really, bottom...
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Babies, mamas, men and women by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik Regular readers of this blog know there's nothing we enjoy more -- besides for random references to sports teams, that is (puzzling Jets draft, no?) -- than parsing weekend box office for trends. So what can this... Read More.....
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Ang In Urbana by The Hot Blog

Ang Lee is here at EbertFest, presenting Hulk. I hadn't realized that he was here for his undergrad work, years ago. He's become a more and more relaxed interview (as we found on his Lust, Caution LWD), the highlight so far being his discussion...
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